Mom's Best Advice. . . (wife, father, influenced, mother)

[chacho_keva]

To all women who've had the priviledge and fortitude of being a mother, may you enjoy the day set aside in your honour.

Now, here's a question for all women in general, be you a mother or not. What was the best advice your mother ever gave you regarding men, relationships, and/or love?

[mistygrl092]

Honestly? It's still a man's world.

[max's mama]

My mother was a very strong woman and she had influenced me in a lot of ways. I'm not too sure whether all her advice was best for me to be honest, because it all came from the type of strong-minded woman that she was, but I definitely took some of it.
She told me to never shed a tear for a man. She taught me how to be very careful in whom to put a trust in and not to open up to too many people. She taught me to have pride and self-respect.
Yes, I did learn a lot from her, but not everything she taught me was working in my life. I also have inherited a lot of softness from my father to balance it out.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by chacho_keva

To all women who've had the priviledge and fortitude of being a mother, may you enjoy the day set aside in your honour.

Now, here's a question for all women in general, be you a mother or not. What was the best advice your mother ever gave you regarding men, relationships, and/or love?

Thanks chacho

Best advice? "To thine ownself be true. Not everyone will like who that self is, but the right people will."

And she was right

[donie1]

Thanks, Chacho! I'm having a great Mother's Day tomorrow with my kiddies.

Best advice my mother ever gave me...nothing..she's delustional so nothing she says I could use for advice.

[yellowsnow]

Mom's gone now and I miss her. The piece of advice she repeated most often was, "Don't get married and don't have kids".

After being married to my father, it was quite logical for her to feel that way.

[marmom]

Originally Posted by donie1

Thanks, Chacho! I'm having a great Mother's Day tomorrow with my kiddies.

Best advice my mother ever gave me...nothing..she's delustional so nothing she says I could use for advice.

Ditto to what donie1 said. My mother's advice to me about men was "men are like dogs....you treat 'em like $h!t and they come back for more." I learned to do the exact opposite of everything my mom ever advised me to do, and my life is coming along swimmingly .

[Yzette]

Originally Posted by chacho_keva

What was the best advice your mother ever gave you regarding men, relationships, and/or love?

Don't get married unless you want kids.

I should have listened!

[crisan]

How sweet, thank you.

My mom did not offer me a lot of advice but there were two things she did for me that shaped me.

One, she never held a grudge against me. That was hard to find where I came from.

Two, she never told me what to do. That is the worst thing you can do to a child but she really didn't know better herself. However, it was the best thing she could have done for me when I had my own daughter. I would not be where I am at today without her trust in me. It taught me how to trust my own daughter but I am going to guide her.

[WFW&P]

What? Guys can't get advise from their moms?
Mom told me it doesn't matter if she approved of my wife or not, I'm the one who has to live with her.